- Curneen is former Director of Business Development at Storyful, which was acquired by News Corp in 2013
- An industry veteran with over 15 years experience, he has previously worked for The New York Times, International Herald Tribune & The Financial Times
- From Dublin, he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in International Business and Marketing
- Wochit has raised $28m to date, including $13m last year, from investors including ProSieben & Singapore Press Holdings’ SPH Media
London & New York: Wochit, the social video creation platform, announces the appointment of Colm Curneen, as the company’s Director Of Business Development.
Curneen, who is a media industry veteran with over 15 years of experience, joins from Storyful, a social media intelligence and news agency, acquired by News Corp in 2013.
During his three years with that company, he was responsible for securing a number of prominent partnerships for the company. Previous to this, Curneen was Head Of Business Development at Global Editors Network, and also worked for The New York Times, International Herald Tribune and The Financial Times during his career. He is from Dublin and graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in International Business and Marketing.
To further accelerate Wochit’s ambitious growth, Curneen will be responsible for managing strategic partnerships, continuing to grow an international portfolio of clients and overseeing high performing teams within the company.
Wochit was founded in 2012 by Dror Ginzberg and is a video creation platform that enables publishers, news rooms and content creators to produce short-form videos around trending topics at the scale and speed required in the video-first, mobile era. It works with worldwide media brands such as Time Inc., Daily News, USA Today, Gannett, AOL and The Week.
As part of the platform, it has rights-cleared assets from AP, Reuters, Getty, Bloomberg and others, cloud-based editing tools so that video content is quickly created and distributed across all social and digital channels. Last year, Wochit announced the closing of another funding round worth $13 million, bringing the total it has raised to date to $28 million.
Curneen said of his appointment: “Wochit is a globally recognised leader in social video, and it’s an honour to be involved. I’m delighted to be joining this dynamic team and to being part of the company’s future growth and success.”
Dror Ginzberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Wochit, said: “Colm has outstanding experience and joins Wochit at a time when he can really help our growth plans. We’re delighted to welcome him to the senior team.”
About Wochit:
Wochit is a video creation platform that empowers newsrooms, media companies and brands to expand audience engagement through the power of social video. Worldwide media brands such as Time Inc., Daily News, USA Today, Gannett, AOL, The Week, ProSieben, Singapore Straits Times, Focus online and Der Spiegel use Wochit to produce short-form videos around trending topics at the scale and speed required in the video-first, mobile era.
With rights-cleared assets from AP, Reuters, Getty, Bloomberg and others, cloud-based editing tools and native uploads, horizontal and vertical videos are quickly created and distributed across all social and digital platforms. Wochit is among the 2016-2017 EContent Top 100 companies in the digital content industry as well as the winner of both the Gutenberg Prize for its disruptive technology in the field of journalism and Digiday’s Best Video Technology Innovation for its significant impact on publishers’ bottom line.
The Company is backed by ProSieben, Singapore Press Holdings’ SPH Media Fund, Carlo de Benedetti, Redpoint Ventures, Marker LLC, Greycroft Partners and Cedar Fund. Wochit is based in New York, with offices in London and Tel Aviv. Find out more at www.wochit.com.
